Séraphine
Drama, History
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2008
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The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of Great Depression and World War II.
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Rated:
Unrated
Runtime:
125 min
Release date:
1 Oct 2008
Country:
FR, BE
Languages:
French, German, Latin
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
20 wins & 7 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Yolande Moreau plays the industrious but touched washerwoman-turned-painter Seraphine de Senlis with an open-faced conviction that is almost unnerving in its intensity.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Oct 2009
fresh:
This utterly beguiling biopic about a cleaning lady with the artistic gifts of a Van Gogh is just a bit special.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
27 Nov 2009
fresh:
Provost and cowriter Marc Abdelnour explore the mutable boundaries between spirituality, naivete, genius, and madness, showing how the two outsiders and polar opposites cultivated a mutual understanding.
– Andrea Gronvall,
Chicago Reader,
17 Dec 2009
fresh:
A naive, between-the-wars French painter is brought to vivid life in the satisfying fact-inspired drama Seraphine.
– Eddie Cockrell,
Variety,
17 Dec 2009
fresh:
What makes this slow, intense film so compelling is its persuasive creation of complex characters: You scarcely believe Moreau is an actor and that the film isn't, on some level, archival footage of the real painter.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
29 Jan 2010